The first table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Testing
Rank 55 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 5 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.037% 0.220% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.433% 0.315% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
349 317 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 72.41% 69.82% 68.36%
Number of salaries quoted 312 263 227
Average salary £39,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.85% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £21,700
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £70,750 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Manual Testing
Tyne and Wear

Manual Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Newcastle upon Tyne Manual Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Manual Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Manual Testing.

1 10 (90.91%) ISEB
2 8 (72.73%) RDF
2 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
2 8 (72.73%) QA
3 6 (54.55%) ISTQB
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) Performance Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Test Management
5 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
6 3 (27.27%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Validation
6 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
6 3 (27.27%) System Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
6 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
6 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Functional Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Selenium
7 2 (18.18%) Java
7 2 (18.18%) PHP
7 2 (18.18%) .NET
8 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (9.091%) Banking
8 1 (9.091%) Scrum

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Manual Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) CSS
2 1 (9.091%) SOAP
2 1 (9.091%) HTML5
2 1 (9.091%) soapUI
2 1 (9.091%) CSS3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.091%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Selenium
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) QA Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Resource Manager
3 1 (9.091%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
1 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
1 1 (9.091%) Android
1 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) RDF
1 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Performance Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Test Management
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
4 3 (27.27%) System Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Functional Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) PHP
2 1 (9.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) ISEB
2 6 (54.55%) ISTQB
3 3 (27.27%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft